After the divorce, the crazy CEO knocked on his ex-wife's door every night.

Seeing her come in, Cheng Lu excitedly jumped up from the sofa and cupped her face in her hands, rubbing it several times.

"I'm so grateful for your help. I love you so much."

Cheng Lu gave her a tight hug, feeling very fortunate to have such a friend by her side.

“Xiao Lu…” Shen Xuan looked at the other person’s excited appearance with helplessness and embarrassment.

Originally, I only intended to help Cheng Lu a little, but it turned out that Li Siyuan was the one who provided the funding.

Moreover, it was all to promote the company's operations, but I didn't expect Cheng Lu to react so strongly.

It makes sense. After being held back by Yan Anxun for several months before the project was successfully launched, Cheng Lu was indeed extremely excited today.

"Alright, alright, you two stop being so lovey-dovey." Even Yin Xuan, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore.

The sight of the two women hugging and showing affection made him, as a single man, quite embarrassed.

Yin Xuan grabbed a few peanuts from the plate and popped them into his mouth. "I'm pretty reliable on your end too, and I even help you with your company. Why don't you hug me and thank me so excitedly?"

"Get out of my way. My relationship with A-Xuan is not something you can compare to." Cheng Lu rolled her eyes at him impatiently.

Qiqi, who was standing next to her, quickly interjected, "Brother Yin Xuan, Sister Xuan and Sister Cheng are best friends who grew up together. How can you compare to them?"

Another girl next to him, holding a menu, said, "Hey Yin Xuan, you're not going to give me that warm hug just to hug our Cheng Jie, are you?"

"I'm like a sister to your Sister Cheng. It's not a big deal for friends to hug once in a while, is it?"

Qiqi laughed and asked in return, "So, Brother Yin Xuan admits that he wants to hug Sister Cheng?"

Shen Xuan sat to the side, staring blankly at everything, her mind in turmoil.

If only none of this had happened, then she and Cheng Lu could continue running the company without any worries.

Perhaps now they too can gather together without reservation and chat freely, just like them.

Her phone suddenly rang in her bag. She instinctively took it out, glanced at it, and said, "I'll go outside to answer this call."

She put her bag down, opened the door, and went out.

Inside the room, everyone was still having a lively conversation.

The moment she closed the door, Shen Xuan found a quiet place to answer the phone.

"Is there something you need?" she asked calmly, standing by the window.

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat urgent: "Our relationship shouldn't be this distant, right? We're at least old friends."

"Why did you transfer 30 million to Cheng Lu's studio? What are you planning to do?"

The other person paused for a moment, then said, "Would you believe me if I said this money really wasn't given by me?"

"This money came from your Li family, so who else would do this?"

Shen Xuan felt inexplicably irritated.

This person has always been cunning, and the fact that he suddenly offered such a large sum of money to help with the investment makes it seem like his motives are not pure.

"By the way, I'll return this money to Cheng Lu in a couple of days. There's no such thing as a free lunch, and I don't need your help."

"Miss Shen, are you so distrustful of people? I only wanted to help because of our relationship and my friendship with your brother. How could that be interpreted as malice?"

The other party's tone was reluctant.

I've heard Yan Anxun talk about how ungrateful this lady is many times, and today I've witnessed it firsthand.

"I'm sorry, but I don't think we're that close yet. Instead of trying to outsmart me, you should do something more worthwhile."

By the time she hung up the phone, Shen Xuan was in a terrible mood.

I tidied my disheveled hair, feeling even more lost.

Recalling Lu Shuli's previous behavior, she really didn't have a good impression of her.

She felt disgusted by the practices that were consistent with Yan Anxun's.

After adjusting her mindset slightly, she decided to return to the private room.

Lu Shuli sat on a black leather sofa. Shen Xuan hung up the phone and made him look at the phone from left to right, unsure whether to laugh or be annoyed.

He hadn't even had a chance to explain why he called, and she just hung up?

The curtains were drawn halfway, leaving a gap about one meter wide in the middle.

Another man stood by the window, his back to the room as he looked out, and even just his silhouette gave off a mysterious and unpredictable feeling.

Lu Shuli gave a bitter laugh and said to him, "I didn't even have a chance to tell her you were back, and she treated me like this! How quickly the call ended."

The man, holding a glass of red wine, took a sip after hearing Lu Shuli's words and calmly replied, "It seems you were the one who scared her while I was away."

Lu Shuli lit a cigarette and replied, "How could I dare to really scare her? I just used a little trick to get her to take me home. Besides, I didn't help her for nothing, did I?"

"But they don't seem to appreciate your help much."

As they spoke, the man's gaze shifted to the ring on his hand, a barely perceptible glint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

Lu Shuli didn't reply, but she was thinking to herself: We have the same surname and clan, so why is Shen Xuan so prejudiced against him?

The other person seemed to see through his thoughts, and sighed softly, saying, "Let's give her some personal space, lest she end up disliking both of us."

After saying this, he fiddled with the ring and hid it in the clenched fist of his hand.

Lu Shuli could only stare at him silently.

Are you looking for her?

Lu Shuli asked in a low voice, her eyes slightly dim, her gaze on Lu Yuchen's figure somewhat blurry.

His throat tightened, and he felt a pang of sadness as he thought about how Shen Xuan had returned his ring.

"That's none of your business." He turned around, placed his wine glass on the table next to him, and straightened his clothes.

"Manage the Lu family's businesses properly, and stop thinking about going against the Li and Shen families. Don't try to take advantage of her!"

He stood sideways behind Lu Shuli, one hand in his pocket and the other fiddling with a ring, with a sofa between them.

Lu Shuli stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray with a vengeance, as if she had crushed an annoying ant, but her expression remained calm.

Since Shen Xuan left last time, the Lu family had a falling out once.

Afterwards, they reached some tacit understanding: he would reserve the Lu family's position for Lu Shuli, and Lu Shuli would help him get what he wanted; neither side wanted to break the peace first.

Lu Yuchen opened the door, ready to leave, when suddenly a girl appeared at the door, pulling a suitcase.

The two quickly exchanged a glance, and Lu Yuchen's brows furrowed even more.

"How come..." she wanted to ask, "How did you get here?"

You should be resting in bed, right? Why are you here all of a sudden?

This surprise clearly did not move him.

"Who sent you?" Lu Yucheng asked coldly. "Does your sister know you went back?"

Shen Feiyan tilted her head and pouted, saying, "It's none of her business. I decided to come back on my own, and it has nothing to do with her."